womanfriend en · NOUN
Etymology
From woman + friend.
Meanings
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(rare) Synonym of girlfriend.
In my favorite story, "Womb With A View," by Michele Roberts, Jo and Maggie, two womanfriends […] walk "arm-in-arm down the street" (two "straight" women showing affection in public, as British and European same-sex friends feel free to do.)
1981 February 14, Collectively Written Feminist Stories, “Myma Greenfield”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 29, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| womanfriends | Number=Plur | lexicographic |